Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) provided aid worth more than US$220.7 million for Vietnam in 2020, including over US$6.5 million for COVID-19 response, heard a national teleconference on March 17.

Vietnam has tremendous long-term potential to become a leading international destination like Thailand or Indonesia, according to local insiders.

Business in the wood industry will have a chance to seek buyers and boost export during the Vietnam Furniture Matching Week 2021, scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 12 to 19.

The 17th Saigon International Autotech & Accessories Show (Autotech & Accessories 2021) is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 20 to 23 with both offline and online activities.

VOV.VN - As many as 20,054 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in 12 cities and provinces across Vietnam since the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign was launched on March 8, according to the National Expanded Immunization Programme.

VOV.VN - Increasing numbers of tourists have begun to return Phu Quoc after the island suffered a downturn in visitors during the Lunar New Year period, known locally as Tet, due to fears relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Helping businesses revive production and trading is one of the important tasks that the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City will focus on in 2021.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will soon consider use of COVID ‘vaccine passport’ to reopen its market for international travel and trade exchange under right conditions, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Philippine Ambassador Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre in Hanoi on March 17, wishing his guest a successful term in Vietnam.

Vietnam exported 638,000 tonnes of rice worth US$352 million in the first two months of 2021, down 31.4% in volume and 18.3% in value year-on-year.